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Topic:Reporting Working Progress.
A:How is the market research project going?
B:So far so good. There doesn't seem to be any problems.
A:That's good news. How far are you with the progress report?
B:I've done about half of it. We have spent most of our time for research and survey.
A: When do you expect it to be over?
B:It will be done by Friday.
A:Can you finish it by Thursday? I'd like to have a look at it before I leave for a business trip to Hong Kong.
B:Well, I'll make every effort to get it done at least by Tuesday afternoon.
1.A:How is the market research project going? 市场研究项目进展如何
how is +n. going意思是情况进展的怎么样？最近情况好吗？肯定回答可以说Pretty good!（相当好）或者Everything goes well一切顺利（或者一切都很好）否定回答：可以说Not so well(不太好，很不好) 对情况不了解的话，可以说Well I don't know(我也不清楚） Market n. 市场；行情；集市 socialist market economy 社会主义市场经济 stock market 股票市场；证券市场 international /domestic market 国际/国内市场 financial market 金融市场 They rigged the market. 他们垄断了市场
2. A:That's good news. How far are you with the progress report? 很好，那进度报告进展得怎么样了
How far 离...多远；到什么范围或程度
How far does your memory go back?你能回忆起多久以前的事情？
How far is it from Beijing to Shanghai?从北京到上海有多远?
3.B:I've done about half of it. We have spent most of our time for research and survey.已经完成一半了，在研究调查上花了我们很多的时间
Survey n.调查 questionnaire survey 问卷调查
Sb spend some time (in)doing sth 花费时间做…… I spend a day in shopping with my friends 我花了一天时间跟我朋友购物
it takes sb sometime to do sth 某人花费了多少时间做某事
It takes me 15 minutes to go to work every day.我每天要花费15分钟去上班
4.A: When do you expect it to be over? 你计划/预期什么时候完成呢？
B:It will be done by Wednesday.星期三会完成的
Expect vi. 期待；预期
expect to do 期待去做；期望做某事
5.A:Can you finish it by Thursday? I'd like to have a look at it before I leave for a business trip to Hong Kong. 能在周四完成吗？因为我想在香港出差之前看一下
B:Well, I'll make every effort to get it done at least by Thursday afternoon好的，我会竭尽全力在周四下午完成的
leave for a business trip 出差 business trip商务旅行
make every effort尽一切努力，竭尽全力
eg:竭尽全力完成目标 make every effort to achieve the goal
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